Thinking about inexpensive plastic palm trees for the last couple of weeks after our Mini Lighthouse video, I thought I’d take another look at these inexpensive trees and see if I could improve on them. I did the work in this video very casually. By that I mean not going in under magnification to make […]
Going through my model train parts boxes recently I came across several 3D printed lighthouses I bought several years ago but never got around to working on. Let’s change that! I had completely forgotten I’d also actually bought a few 3mm “Breathing” lighthouse LEDs. I decided to finally get to this project and put it […]
Available now exclusively at Zscale Monster Trains: http://www.zscalemonster.com/ztrains/ When you think a model train layout or diorama, you’ll probably immediately visualize rock cuts, trees, ground cover, more trees, etc. Lighting is something you may want to consider early on in a project design. Good lighting can transform a scene, giving it depth, character and life. […]
A very Happy New Year to us all, and thank you for stopping by to watch our latest video, it’s sincerely appreciated. Like many, I tend to get a bit reflective on New Year’s Day. I’m looking at what’s in front of us here at Raildig with a nod back to 2025. We have lots […]
Working in small areas on small train and scenic pieces, a full-sized Dremel or any rotary tool can be a bit much. Even on low power an average sized rotary tool can be pretty powerful, sometimes too powerful. In 2019 I bought a small DC motor kit from Amazon that came with a decent looking […]
Helping hands soldering stations are the the single most important thing you’ll think about today! Well, maybe the 2nd or 3rd most important thing. Nonetheless if you like clean, accurate work when it comes to your modelling world, a good set of soldering helping hands can be invaluable. At some point we’ll all have to […]
When we assembled the house for our recent N scale diorama video, we had a small break on one of the fine pieces. As it was the first time I’d worked with a 3D filament kit, I spoke with the kit maker and he recommended Gluemasters Medium Viscosity CA glue. I’d never heard of Gluemasters […]
The Proxxon Hot Wire Cutter is one of my favorite tools for model train and scenery work. I knew there were circle cutters available but I didn’t think I’d have a big need for one. A few years back I bought one from the GCmini company, but never got around to even opening the package! […]
What would this time of year be without a train running? I was going to send out an email card to our mail list then I thought, come on, you can do better! I got our little “Shortytown” layout (it’s a small one, but it is a layout) out of it’s storage bag, gave the […]
Here’s Part II of this little N scale, XPS foam diorama build. This diorama was built on top of a pair of 6.5″ pink foam discs we cut in a previous video. The main focus of this scene was actually twofold. I want to continue to work on my rock carving technique in foam and […]
I’ve been focused recently with carving my own rock work in XPS foam and also with KATO N scale Pocket Line trains, so I thought I’d combine the two in this fun little diorama build. This small diorama is carved from one of the circular foam bases I cut in our last video using the […]
In our last video we started using pink XPS foam for carving rocks for model trains layouts and dioramas. You can watch that video here. In this video, we continue along this theme and tackle a pet peeve of mine, that is how to best hide the seams between layers of this foam when creating […]
